Issued by NWS Upton, NY
000 CXUS51 KOKX 071359 CCB CLABDR CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 900 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...THE BRIDGEPORT CT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 07/22/1957 LOW -7 01/22/1984 HIGHEST 97 06/09 MM MM 95 08/08 LOWEST 9 01/03 MM MM 5 01/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.1 59.5 1.6 60.5 AVG. MINIMUM 45.5 43.9 1.6 44.9 MEAN 53.3 51.7 1.6 52.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 8 6.7 1.3 4 DAYS MAX <= 32 11 22.3 -11.3 21 DAYS MIN <= 32 97 96.4 0.6 102 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.7 -0.7 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 73.98 1972 MINIMUM 23.03 1964 TOTALS 47.73 41.58 6.15 41.60 DAILY AVG. 0.13 10.40 -10.27 0.12 DAYS >= .01 134 120.0 14.0 118 DAYS >= .10 85 77.1 7.9 75 DAYS >= .50 31 28.8 2.2 23 DAYS >= 1.00 12 10.9 1.1 10 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.36 12/11 TO 12/12 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 24 HR TOTAL MM MM SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 30.4 25.2 5.2 19.3 LIQUID EQUIV 3.04 MM MM 1.93 SINCE 7/1 16.3 4.3 12.0 6.1 LIQUID 7/1 1.63 MM MM 0.61 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= TRACE 33 16.2 16.8 41 DAYS >= 1.0 8 7.5 1.5 6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 12/21 5 03/18 12/20 03/17 24 HR TOTAL 7.0 12/19 TO 12/19 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 5127 5536 -409 5219 SINCE 7/1 1928 1903 25 1694 COOLING TOTAL 943 725 218 887 SINCE 1/1 943 789 154 887 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/305 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/350 DATE 08/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/330 DATE 08/07 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 205 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 102 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 59 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 52 RAIN 75 LIGHT RAIN 149 FREEZING RAIN 3 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 5 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 30 SLEET 0 FOG 155 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 27 HAZE 87 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$